Healthureum is Our Best Bet Towards Automating Affordable Healthcare Provision
The current planetary
healthcare system is in deep crisis. On one end, we have an almost flawless
medical infrastructure that is synonymous with developed and fully
industrialized countries. On the other end, some states are reeling with vastly
underdeveloped healthcare systems that are characterized by the lack of
sufficient insurance, inadequate staffing, and most importantly, substandard
facilities. To make it even matters worse, people have to seek treatment abroad
in such countries, even for simplest of illnesses. This raises the cost of
healthcare even further, making it virtually unattainable to the common
man.
Here's How Healthureum
can be of Help, though.
Championing the Access to Affordable and Quality Medical Care
It is no news that over 75% of the
world's population has no comprehensive or sufficient medical insurance. A
staggering 50% are not even covered in the first place, especially in
low-income countries. This means that such people will have to contend with
costly medical bills in the event of an unforeseen emergency of any kind, even
those resulting from the slightest of accidents. So, aside from making
healthcare virtually unaffordable, such disparities only contributes further to
the temptation to seek cheaper, maybe fraudulent or generic and riskier
treatments.
By improving interoperability between public and private
healthcare facilities, Healthureum will ( slowly but surely ) utilize
blockchain technology to bridge the existing gap between the elite's healthcare
system and those that are reserved for the common man.
Improved Data Management
One of the biggest plagues that bedevil the current healthcare
structure is the apparent lack of organized data management whether it revolves
around a patient's biodata or the clinic performance. As you may already know,
it's a universal protocol for one to go through a formal registration process
as soon as they check in any clinical facility. It is a presumably simple
process that has been the source of some of the most glaring disparities and inconsistencies
that has plagued our current health care structure for eons now. The fact, for
example, that we do not have a standard format in which a person's biodata is
captured and recorded limits the seamless interoperability of our medical
facilities.
Promoting Research and Development
One of the hallmarks of perfectly functional healthcare
ecosystem is a viable project lending and funding system that is aimed towards
fueling research and development. Unfortunately, in the current state, it is
not only difficult for one to source sufficient funds to oversee an extensive
research project but also there's little to no recognition for the months or
years of work that goes into it. In other words, there is little incentive for
an individual to launch a private R&D project aimed at making the planet a
better place. However, blockchain technology in Healthureum will not just
redefine project lending but also enact an ecosystem that recognizes the
efforts of scientists and researchers.
Reduction of Medical Fraud and the Prevalence of Counterfeit Drugs
The latest report from World Health Organization indicates that
more than 16% of counterfeit drugs that are now widespread in the mainstream
market contain wrong ingredients. This means that apart from being practically
useless, using these drugs potentially predisposes one to all sorts of side
effects and adverse side effects that are associated with taking wrong medicine
for an ailment. Tentatively speaking, it is almost similar to taking the wrong
prescription for an illness and expecting to get better in the process.
Unfortunately, this is an issue that is quite common in most
developing Asian and African countries, and it is not likely to go away anytime
soon. Blockchain, through Healthureum's bold initiative, has the capacity to
drastically improve the current state of universal medical supply chain
management. And if this is implemented to its full potential, the prevalence of
counterfeit drugs and medical fraud will be almost zero by 2025.
In Closing
Fortunately, thanks to the concerted efforts behind what is
scheduled to be one of the most significant and disruptive global
establishments of the 21st century, there's a chance to revolutionize the
otherwise current flawed system. There's a chance to make affordable healthcare
available to all and not just a preserve of a few wealthy elements in the
society. There's also a chance to reduce the appallingly high mortality rate
that has crippled and decimated populations in a majority of developing
countries. This is possible if the following areas of concern are addressed as
outlined in Healthureum's main proposal.
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